Beverly Hills Chihuahua — putting the wuuuh? in Chihuahua

Staff Writer: Brita Thompson

If you’ve seen the previews to this film, wherein thousands upon thousands of dancing and singing CGI Chihuahuas swarm over an Aztec pyramid, you’re probably looking forward to this film being an immensely expensive mess. To its credit, Beverly Hills Chihuahua had its moments that were surprisingly funny in a self-deprecating way. Part of the shtick is that Beverly Hills Chihuahua knows that it’s a ridiculous movie about talking Chihuahuas. But the film can’t make up its mind about being serious or not and so becomes a jumbled attempt at cultural awareness and Mexican pride in a horrible, cartoony, ‘Disney-fied’ way.